Hefeng Garden, located in the northwest corner of Liu's mansion, is the residence of Liu Xian's second aunt, Wang Luying, in the mansion. The pond near the back garden is named after the lotus flowers that bloom in summer and autumn, and the breeze blows. Although the pool is only seven or eight points in total.

The wind blew the water in the pool, and the fresh breeze was sent into the yard. It's already winter, and the Chinese New Year is approaching, but the temperature in Tainan is still around 20 degrees, which is completely different from Hanzhong and the north.

Wang Luying is talking to her sister-in-law, Wang Qing has been getting better and better in Shanghai over the years, and he was only promoted by Liu Xian in October this year. From the head of the Shanghai Station of the Military Intelligence Department to the deputy director of the Military Intelligence Department, although he is still actually responsible for the work of the Shanghai Station.

Wang Luying is very concerned about her brother, and the better Wang Qing mixes, the more she cares. The Wang family is finally not in the middle of the road, and it will be even more brilliant. However, women don't understand the world of men, what Wang Luying doesn't know is that in the eyes of her brother Wang Qing, no matter how well she mixes, she is not as good as the piece of meat in Wang Luying's belly, which really gives birth to a handle.

Liu Xian was thinking about the anti-Qing matter, he could hide it from his generals, but for the military intelligence department, which was in the dark, some clues could not be hidden. Wang Qing didn't dare to say that he really guessed correctly, but he really longed for Liu Xian to raise troops to conquer the world. In his eyes, Qin Jun's foreigner was beaten with a big nose, and it was no problem to sweep away the country. And if Liu Xian really becomes the emperor, he will be the first in charge of the military intelligence department, how can he be better than his sister to give birth to a prince!?

It's time for the New Year. Liu Xian 'paid tribute' to Beijing and expressed his filial piety. Naturally, the commanders of his subordinates also paid tribute to him to show their loyalty. Wang Qing's status is not thoughtful enough in front of Liu Xian. But people have a good sister, and it is a must to show up in front of Liu Xian during the New Year's holidays! Especially this year, Wang Luying is pregnant, and the gifts prepared by Wang Qing are even richer. A portion of Liu's house, this is a man's. Several people in the inner house also have one each, Zhang Miaotong's is the most generous, that is, the gift that Wang Qing prepared for his sister, and the one that was not given to Zhang Miaotong. This is a courtesy!

"Sister, you can raise the baby in peace, your brother is safe, don't worry about him. If you give birth to a child safely, you will have a backer to count on in the future......"

Wang Qing didn't reveal a word to his wife what he was thinking. All his wife thinks about now is that Wang Luying will give birth to a child, whether it is a man or a woman, she will be able to rely on her when she is old in the future. I don't know how big my husband thinks in his heart!

After dinner in the evening, Wang Luying walked twice by the pond supported by the maid, returned to the Lotus Wind Garden, returned to her residence, did not lie down immediately to rest, but walked to the east room, walked to the shrine for the goddess of mercy, and respectfully lit a stick of incense.

There is no woman who does not want to give birth to a son and a half daughter. No matter how peaceful the back house of Liu's Mansion is, no matter how good Zhang Miaotong's leadership is, Wang Luying watched that everyone else had children, but she was not pregnant, and the anxiety in her heart at that time made her sleepless all night. Now that I'm pregnant, I'm really grateful to the goddess of mercy who prayed at the beginning.

Liu Xian has no bad opinion on this matter. Ever since he crossed over, and he was a soul piercing, he had always worshiped ghosts and gods and stayed away. Not believed, but respectful. In addition to not taking care of it when fighting, the usual marching and camping, to monks, Taoists and nuns, it is 'well water does not interfere with river water'!

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At the end of the thirteenth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, Zaichun died in the Yangxin Palace at the age of 19. The empress dowager of the two palaces summoned the son of Prince Yiyun to join the unification and become the heir emperor. He was given the hereditary replacement of the prince and was exempted from the court. Minister Wang and others greeted him in the residence of Prince Alcohol of Taiping Lake with his will, and lived in Zhongcui Palace with the Empress Dowager Ci'an; Empress Dowager Cixi lived in Changchun Palace; The queen mother of the two palaces lowered the curtain and listened to the government. The Three Seas Project was suspended. Take the second year as the first year of Guangxu. Emperor Shangdaxing is called "Yi", the temple name is Muzong, the queen is the queen of Jiashun, and the imperial concubine is the imperial concubine of Dunyi.

This was a major event that shook the entire Qing Dynasty. In an instant, all the turmoil and rumors caused by all Liu Xian's actions in Taiwan were annihilated, what 'harsh people suck the marrow', what 'scraping the ground', what 'remnants of the people and disorderly government', and what Qinnan Railway extended dozens of miles further north, and was completely swallowed up by the stormy waves of Emperor Tongzhi's death.

For the loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty, this was a bolt from the blue. The emperor has just come of age to govern, and this is going to be the two palaces to listen to the government. There was another little emperor, and he was even younger.

The national situation is shaking, the local authority is getting heavier, the central authority is getting lighter and lighter, and the Qing Dynasty has encountered the matter of a dead emperor again, isn't this the day to defeat my Qing Dynasty?

Emperor Tongzhi died too suddenly, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day.

Rumors then spread widely throughout the government and the opposition. It is said that Emperor Tongzhi was killed for Cixi, and Cixi's poisonous woman was greedy for power, and she didn't want her son for power, which was the most widely spread.

Even in the city of Beijing, such rumors are spreading. It is said that the Tongzhi Emperor's disease has been carefully treated by the imperial doctor, and it has improved. On the afternoon of the 4th day of the twelfth month, the Empress Alut came to the Dongnuan Pavilion to see the disease, when Zaichun was conscious, the Empress cried and complained about the suffering of her mother (Cixi), and the Emperor also felt it himself, and advised her to be patient for the time being, and when she recovered, there would always be a day of coming out. It can be seen that the day before he died, he was thinking about what would happen after he recovered from his illness, and he did not have a premonition that he would die tomorrow, so it can be seen that his illness was not serious at all. Unexpectedly, Cixi, who was eavesdropping outside the window, heard that this was a taboo, and was furious, and immediately pushed the curtain to break into the curtain, grabbed the queen's hair and dragged it hard, a large handful of hair and scalp were pulled down, and then split the face and slammed a palm, and suddenly the queen was bleeding, miserable, Cixi called the eunuch to pass the staff, beat the queen, Zaichun was shocked, suddenly fainted, fell from the bed to the ground, the illness aggravated, and he was unconscious. Then although the palace urgently sent the imperial doctor to the cabinet to ask for a pulse, Emperor Tongzhi had already closed his teeth tightly, did not take any medicine, and died the next night......

The rumors are colorful. Not to mention ordinary people and petty officials, even the top magnates of the Manchu Qing can't help but be suspicious. Cixi herself was even more anxious, and she was so angry that she vomited blood.

Such rumors, such a speed of spreading, there is a force from Liu Xian's military intelligence department. But Liu Xian also dared to swear to the sky, this strength was by no means from him alone, the water here is deep!

Emperor Tongzhi died, according to the Chinese lunar calendar, of course, it was still the thirteenth year of Tongzhi. According to the Western solar calendar, it was already January 1875.

The whole world has lost color this year. The gate of Liu's Mansion was hung with white mourning, and the lantern was shining with a white cloth, which was not taken down throughout the New Year. In previous years, there would be a big drama in the barracks these days, but this year it will be canceled. There are only storytellers in the Qin army, this kind of entertainment.

Even the basketball and football that Liu Xian began to promote in the army have all canceled the competitions between various units.

In the same way, the news that the Qin Army Arsenal had completely absorbed a qiē machine from the Tokyo Artillery Factory in Japan and doubled its production capacity did not attract some people's attention, just like the withdrawal of a large number of German and American technicians from the arsenal.

This is a very common scene in the military factories and bureaus of the Great Qing Dynasty. Chinese workers have figured out the operation of the machine, some techniques have been learned, and foreigners can also say goodbye. Even in the Fujian Shipbuilding Bureau, there are few foreign technicians now.

During the Chinese New Year, Liu Xian had already begun to adjust the production methods of the arsenal. In the spring of the next year, the Qinjun Arsenal has already completed the standardization and unification of accessories, and with the opening of the assembly line assembly mode, it is a small meaning to double the production capacity of the whole factory. That is to say, the monthly output of the Qin Army Arsenal at the beginning of the spring can reach 6,000 rifles in terms of rifles. And when the 'assembly line' is completely completed, the Qin Army Arsenal produces more than 10,000 guns every month, or even higher, which is no longer a dream. Moreover, the cost of each gun can be directly reduced by one-fifth to one-third.

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Shunning, Yunnan.

Shi Dakai looked at the letter in his hand and was silent, and only handed the letter to Chen Decai next to him. Opposite Chen Decai was Shi Dakai's military advisor Cao Crouching, and there were also Zai Fu Zeng Shihe in the house, as well as Zhang Zongyu, Liang Chengfu, and Lan Chaozhu. The rest of the Taiping Army's heavy generals, such as Huang Zaizhong, Wei Pucheng, Lai Wenguang, Ren Huabang, etc., were still fighting on the front line at this moment.

With breech guns and ammunition supported by the British, and the rugged and difficult terrain of Yunnan, although the Xianghuai army dared to fight and was able to fight, and the number of soldiers was obviously more than that of the Taiping army, it was always difficult to completely break through the Taiping army's defense line. The stalemate between the two sides on the battlefield in Yunnan is no longer a day or two, but neither side can see where the hope of ending such a day is......

The letter was soon circulated throughout the house. The situation in Hanzhong Mansion introduced by Tan Fumin in the letter shocked everyone. With only one place's financial and material resources, you can crush the Taiping army that controls half of Yunnan.

"The infamy of the future generations will be borne by me Shi alone. Go and tell that Arthur that the mines in Yunnan can be discussed, but they must build us an arsenal. ”

Not to mention weapons, the Taiping army can't even supply itself with ammunition now. Subject to people's suffering, Shi Dakai has tasted enough these days. Even in order to get rid of this bondage, he secretly asked the king of Burma for a purchase. But King Min Dong would not do anything to touch the interests of the British, and his only thought now was to maintain the stability of Burma.

None of the people in the room spoke. The reality of the Qing court's growing strength made it impossible for them to see any hope of 'victory'. Who dares to say that there will not be ten or twenty places like Hanzhong Mansion in the future? But the war has reached this point, and it is too late to say surrender.

The Taiping army must further 'degenerate', not only for themselves, but also for the hundreds of thousands of people who have followed them to fight in the north and south of the river. What the Hunan army did in Tianjing, they all knew clearly...... R1152