Indoors, Cihui sits on the top, and Guangxu sits alone on the bottom and drinks tea quietly. They were all waiting to hear what Cixi wanted to ask. Cixi suddenly didn't speak for a long time, she stared at Guangxu for a long, long time.

Guangxu saw that Cixi didn't speak, so he still spoke first: "I have to say that my aunt has been in charge of China for more than 40 years, but she has actually done some things better than me. This spy story alone, I can't compare to my aunt. What I am very curious about is that Liu Mei's identity has also been carefully investigated, and she is also an ordinary woman with no background, so I dare to use her. My aunt is a good means, but I don't know how my aunt did it? ”

"Because she has no background."

Guangxu suddenly realized that it was precisely because of the lack of background that people would not pay special attention to her. It is precisely because of the lack of background that I dare to reuse her. Guangxu saluted Cixi again: "It is said that knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles." My aunt is now living in her old age, so it is better to hand over these people to my use. Nowadays, it is becoming more and more difficult for the country to send out detailed work. ”

"People can give it to you, but who knows how you won't take this opportunity to clean up the dissidents again?"

"Do I still need it at this time?" Guangxu said confidently: "These people are loyal to my aunt, but aren't my aunt's allegiances also to the Qing Dynasty?" These people are all going to be sent abroad, and they are all doing desperate work, as long as they remain loyal to the Qing Dynasty, what else can I not tolerate? ”

yes, there's nothing intolerable. Guangxu said very clearly, these people Guangxu will not be put in the country, this is defense. Send these people abroad. One is that they can be loyal to the Qing Dynasty, and the other is that they can't afford to make trouble abroad.

Cixi figured it out and nodded. He asked again: "It's a pity that it's all usable, it's really a waste of it." It's good that the emperor did this. It is said that once the son of heaven was a courtier, Li Hongzhang can be said to be the minister of the humerus of the mourning family, and the mourning family also used the power of Beiyang to deter the whole country. Why is it that now in the emperor's Guangxu Dynasty, Li Hongzhang's power is getting bigger and bigger. No matter how big-minded the emperor is, isn't he worried at all? ”

"Li Hongzhang was able to become a powerful minister because the Beiyang Fleet listened to his orders. My aunt hasn't been out of the palace for too long, and many things have changed now. The army of the Qing Dynasty did not have my will. No one has the right to transfer troops. So now Li Hongzhang is an important minister, but he is not a powerful minister. ”

Cixi sighed: "The emperor started with a new army. Train the world's strongest soldiers. The sudden appearance of the secretly formed Pacific Fleet not only defeated Japan, but also replaced the original position of Beiyang. Since then, the emperor has shocked the whole country with strong troops. Take over the power of the world in your hands. In this regard, the old woman is not as good as you. ”

"You are wrong, I have never thought of fighting against the Queen Mother when I trained the new army and formed the fleet, in fact, I was single-minded to fight against Japan's ambitions. It's just that in the first year of the first year, except for my army, which army is facing the Japanese army, what army is not showing its ass to others. Under such circumstances, how can I win the war and win the hearts of the army and the people! After that, I don't need to push many things anymore, but follow the trend. Everyone has **, and the new army of the first year of the first day defeated Japan. Where are my generals willing to give up after gaining fame and power? So even if I don't fight for power with the Queen Mother, they will force me to fight. At the end of the Yiwei year, my general had long known that Dong Fuxiang's Gan army had entered the Xishan camp. They even had the troops ready to encircle and suppress them. I was reluctant because I received information that Tsarist Russia was ready to go south. But do you know what my general said? They said, "If you go outside, you must first settle inside." They also said that the army had already been drawn and that changing the battle plan easily would be demoralizing, and that they were forcing me to give the order. Do you know how scared I was back then? A situation that is not handled well is falling apart. I have no choice but to move out of the world. Tell them not to fight in the event of an invasion. It was with great difficulty that I moved them to withdraw their troops. Otherwise, do you think you can really turn the situation around with just one Gan army? My general told me. To deal with the army of 3ooo people in the Gan army, they only need one company of 2ooo people. Later, when I returned to Beijing after defeating the Russians, I stayed on the Haishan Pass for a day. I thought about how I could enter Beijing without civil strife. However, my generals took matters into their own hands and moved their troops into the customs without my permission. Although the reason is sufficient, although it is within their power and responsibility, what they do is to force me to apportionment with the Queen Mother, because they both want the country to be strong, because they are all fed up with the bullying of foreigners. Now there is an emperor who leads the country to strength, and they are not allowed to stand in any way that prevents the country from becoming strong. That's why they do what they can within their scope of responsibility without informing me. This is the general trend of the world, and this is what the people want. This kind of general trend, this kind of people's heart, even I can't go against it. Of course, my aunt can also rest assured, because the hope of a strong country is given to them by me, and they will obey me, and they will only obey me. As long as I'm alive for a day, no one will dare to mess around. ”

Cixi clapped her palms gently, and her eyes showed a deep look of approval: "Okay, good, you have grown up, and you are an emperor who has responsibilities and achievements." The mourning family is in love with the ancestors of the Xinjue Luo family. ”

"In fact, the biggest mistake my aunt made was to believe too much in the so-called imperial way. If this was of course 200 years ago, China would have been the most powerful country in the world at that time. In the absence of the threat of an external enemy, the greatest danger to the country comes from within. The emperor was right to use his courtiers to control each other. However, you have forgotten that China is no longer the Celestial Empire of the past, and the powerful foreigners are all eyeing the Qing Dynasty in an attempt to benefit from it, including the attempt to split China. At this time, my aunt still had to play the so-called imperial way, and she couldn't gather the strength of the whole country to resist foreign enemies, so that the Qing Dynasty would not die for a long time, and I just caught this point. Of course, the way of control is also wanted, but the key is that my aunt used the wrong way of control. The aunt used Li Hongzhang's Beiyang to deter other places, and then used other places to contain Beiyang. As a result, no one dared to make themselves too strong, and the result was that everyone was getting weaker and weaker, until the so-called elite Huai Army was beaten by the Japanese in the First Year of the First Sino-Japanese War. Li Hongzhang once said: He only used three points of strength to train his troops. If he can be very energetic in training troops, how can the Japanese army be a small country. But it only took three points of strength to train the army, which made the Queen Mother jealous, if he really used a lot of strength to train the army. I'm afraid that his head is already gone. Can my aunt understand the sadness in Li Hongzhang's heart when he said this? Beiyang was built by the imperial court with money. Why did my aunt never think of holding Beiyang firmly in her hands? ”

"You think the mourning family doesn't want to, but I must be a woman's family, and I don't know military affairs like the emperor, what else can I do except leave it to the people below? Li Hongzhang is a capable person. Li Hongzhang said that what he said was three points and ten points, because he was too selfish. If he is really dedicated to the public, does he still use it to worry that the mourning family will be jealous of him? ”

"A slap doesn't make a sound. Li Hongzhang also had great ambitions when he was young. I'm afraid it's my aunt first, because he is Han, so I should guard against him first. Everyone has selfish intentions, since you guard against others first. So what's wrong with someone else guarding against you? Without the decisive power of her own lineage, this is the biggest mistake made by my aunt, how long can I last only by external forces. It is like sitting on a heap of unbound wood, when one of them falls. What seems to be a solid pile of wood will crumble in an instant. ”

"The women's family always doesn't have your man's big heart, and the mourning family thinks that they can be content with the world of Aixin Jueluo in their own hands. It's just the emperor, is it really appropriate that all the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are Han Chinese? ”

"Okay? Inappropriate? Isn't it all right? In addition to expressing helplessness, Guangxu was helpless: "Is there a usable talent among the Manchurians?" In addition to the squire, it is a wreck. The Eight Banners Battalion was newly formed, and I allocated them the latest advanced weapons, and I allocated them enough food and materials, but what was the result? The 6,000-strong Eight Banners Battalion couldn't even capture the Shanhaiguan garrison with 2oo people, so what use did such a soldier have except for spending money on food and salary. finally came up with a Tie Liang who could lead the troops, but he died in battle. I wanted to reuse Iktanga, but it turned out to be a deserter. Who else can the current imperial court use besides the Han Chinese? ”

"It's a fact. The emperor wants to strengthen the army and enrich the country, except for the Han people, there is really no usable talent among the Manchurians. But the emperor, although Li Hongzhang has an adult, he is extremely selfish. Put him in the position of the prime minister for a long time, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the country. ”

"But now no one can sit in this position except him—"

"Zhang Zhidong and Liu Kun are feasible, and Yan Fu and Tang Shaoyi are also people who need to be used."

"None of them can do it, at least not now. Don't look at the new policy of my nephew's new army, if there is no veteran minister like Li Hongzhang who has never reconciled, it is only because I and the ministers I chose are too young. The impulsiveness of young people can definitely ruin big things. My aunt once taught me that ruling the world is like cooking a small fresh. I also understand that in such a big country, nothing should be rushed. Young people have ideals, energy and drive. But it is this kind of calmness that is missing. I ran forward with my young generals and ministers, and I inevitably needed an old minister to stabilize my position. Zhang Zhidong is an honest official and never asks for bribes, because his family has a large population, and his life is very difficult. Sometimes he couldn't survive the New Year, so he sent someone to pawn clothes and other things. I all know that the big pawnshop in Wuchang City has a rule: whenever the governor Yamen takes a suitcase, he will give 2oo taels of silver for each box, and he will not open the box for inspection, but only pay the silver taels according to the number of boxes. And after the beginning of spring, Zhang Zhidong's hands are a little looser, and he will definitely send someone to redeem the box with silver taels. Zhang Zhidong is a good minister, and his personal ethics are far above Li Hongzhang. If the dynasty is prosperous, it is best for him to be the prime minister. But now that the Qing Dynasty is suffering from internal and external troubles, the prime minister needs someone who can grasp the overall situation and have a long-term strategic vision. Before the Westernization Movement, Zhang Zhidong advocated defending the interior, and Li Hongzhang advocated coastal defense, and the facts proved that Li Hongzhang was right. Hanyang Iron Works, Hanyang Arsenal, and Hubei Weaving Layout, Zhang Zhidong's contribution is no less than that of Li Hongzhang, but he can't do it with strategic vision. Liu Kunyi is also a good minister, but he is not as honest as Zhang Zhidong, and his vision is not as good as Li Hongzhang. Yan Fu or Tang Shaoyi, now they are doing a good job in their positions, and I believe that they will both be able to do this position in a few more years. But after all, they have been in politics for too short, and the work they are in charge of now is also very limited, and they cannot be the auxiliary prime minister now. Except for Li Hongzhang. He has a long-term vision, he is familiar with the country and the great powers, and he has a high reputation in all countries of the world. But he is a typical corrupt official. When Li Hongzhang first joined the company, his family was only a middle-class family, but look at the current Li Mansion actually has more than 1oo acres of land. No wonder some people ridiculed him as "the prime minister is fat and the world is thin". But he was able to gather such wealth, but he couldn't get rid of his aunt. Absolute rights represent absolute **, and when Li Hongzhang was director of Beiyang, the military, politics, and finance were all given to him by his aunt. With such power, don't say it's him, even if I come to do this position, I will be greedy. But can Li Hongzhang still be as greedy as before? You let him try. He is the prime minister, yes, he can transfer tens of millions of taels of silver in one sentence. But did he get a point? The household department is stuck in the direction of every penny, and not a single tael of silver will pass through his hand again. Besides, although he could allocate the silver taels by himself, he had to explain the purpose of each tael of silver, and he had to prove the needs of other departments, otherwise the household department would never take out a tael of silver. The emperor's way of dominating the ruler should not be to use people to control each other. It should be a system that can be followed by everyone. ”

"Well said, well said. If my aunt could understand this truth earlier, she wouldn't have been driven down by the emperor. But she still has a worry: "The emperor is the emperor of Shengming, but my aunt still has to remind you that this world must be a world full of people." ”

"No, this world is the world of the world. I have ordered Shiduo to train the outstanding children of the bannermen selected by Fengtian, and I will also deliberately promote officials of various ethnic groups such as Meng, Miao, and Hui. Shu can wait for twenty Chinese New Year's Eve and forty years, as long as Shu is alive, there will be no problems, if after forty years, the Manchu people will not be able to come out with a group of characters who can pick the beams. In this world, Manchurian people are not qualified to ask for it. ”

"My aunt is old and can't afford to resist this world, as long as the emperor doesn't forget that this world is the world of our Aixin Jueluo family. The people the emperor wants, my aunt will sort out the list and hand it to you later. Not only will I give you a list of detailed staff, but I will also give you all the other people who are available. Let me tell you, there are still some talents in your aunt's entrainment. Cixi smiled, and smiled very happily. Guangxu could see that Cixi was really laughing without a knot, and she really let it go. (To be continued)